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3)
 
Parasitology 
a.
 
Schistosomiasis  
The endemic area for Schistosomiasis expanded to irrigation areas in Kenya.    WHO 
established a specific committee for Schistosomiasis control in Kenya in 1987, and 
DANIDA/WHO assisted in providing dose curatives for Schistosomiasis to students in 
primary schools in the Coast Province in the 1990s. 
In cooperation with JICA, KEMRI also conducted studies for Schistosomiasis control 
from 1979 to 1996 in Mwachinga village and Mtsangatamu village in the Kwale 
district, Coast Province.  The control measures employed included 
mass-chemotherapy, health education, environmental modification for control of the 
vector snails, and the provision of safe water facilities. 

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The activities under JICA’s cooperation in these villages were terminated in 1995.  
However, the series of activities mentioned above have been continued by the 
villagers, except for the environmental modifications and the operation of safe water 
facilities due to the capacity of the communities.  Therefore, an NGO has 
implemented a safe water supply project using the water sources developed by the 
JICA project.